Lot 51 · The Contemporary Sale & Michael Clark Company Benefit Sale
Mao
Yan Pei-ming · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £120,000–£180,000 hammer ≈ $223,310–$334,964
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — The Contemporary Sale & Michael Clark Company Benefit Sale, London · 15 October 2006
- Dimensions
- 116 1/8 x 116 1/8in. (294.9 x 294.9cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5639424
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Yan Pei-ming, Mao. Christie's, 15 Oct 2006, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5639424.
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Yan Pei-ming, Mao. Christie's, 15 Oct 2006, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5639424.
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From the same sale The Contemporary Sale & Michael Clark Company Benefit Sale · Oct 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cover Up | Marlene Dumas | £350,000–£450,000 | |
| Discreetly Branded | Grayson Perry | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Untitled | Gillian Carnegie | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Das Klopfen aus Holz | Martin Eder | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| The Large White Painting | Ghada Amer | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Rorschach Blot | Lisa Yuskavage | £150,000–£200,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yan Pei-ming | self portrait | $500,151 | Sotheby's, Apr 2014 | |
| Yan Pei-ming | Red Self-Portrait | Sotheby's, May 2009 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Black Selfportrait | Christie's, May 2015 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Invisible Man | Sotheby's, Oct 2007 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Pope Innocent X No. 5 | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin | Phillips, Mar 2023 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Mao | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 | ||
| Yan Pei-ming | Portrait of the Prince of Wales | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.